When we were in Turkey last year, Aaron decided to go to Erbil, a relatively conflict-free city in the north of Iraq. We were so close, and there were direct flights from Antalya to Erbil.

2022 was the year we went to Sri Lanka, the Maldives, the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Norway, Sweden, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Poland, and the Netherlands.

Last summer, in peak season from June to August, we traveled the west coast of Norway and the south of Sweden for two months, hotel…

At the end of July and the beginning of August, we spent five days in Longyearbyen, the northernmost town in the world on the island…

We kicked off our Nordic Choice Unlimited hotel pass with a four night stay at Amerikalinjen in June. What we loved – The only downsides…

We flew Norse Atlantic from JFK to Oslo in June 2022 for less than $125 per person, an amazing price in a nice aircraft, but…

Less than two months ago, we came across an Unlimited Nights hotel pass that would let us spend the summer in Scandinavia for just 51.72 euros a night, breakfast included.

The sandstone tombs at Al Ula suddenly put Saudi Arabia on the travel map a few years ago, but how do you actually get there?

While planning our trip to the Maldives, we debated whether to stay on a private resort island, a local inhabited island, or both.

We spent $1,105 on the big ticket items on the ground in Finland, and $607 getting in and out, plus a little more on snacks and dinners.